Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 3, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba I 964 Admiral new Slimline portables free 1 full service Dayak be to Centre 636 Sargent Sherbow Knon 786-3347 leg compulsory plan for car insurance scheme would make uninsured pay fee to judgment fund by Roger Newman the Manitoba government is studying a plan which could make it practically compulsory for every Mani Toba Motorist to have car insurance. Tha scheme already in effect in Ontario requires Drivers to produce an insurance card when they Register their automobiles if they can t produce an insurance card they Are required to pay a or fee to the pro Vince s unsatisfied judgment fund which is used to pay Accident claims. At present car insurance in t compulsory in Manitoba. Al though the proposed new plan would t spell out a compulsory feature it would do the next thing because the judgment fund fee would be almost As High As the Price of an insurance policy. In Rural areas particularly motorists would be better off financially if they bought insurance instead of paying a fee to the judgment fund. Current session it is understood that Manitoba government officials Are studying the Ontario plan with a View to adopting a similar plan Here Dur ing the current session of the Manitoba legislature. Govern ment spokesmen Haven t made any definite announcement Al though the government s 1964 pro Gram promises that changes will be Mode in the Fields of vehicle impoundment financial response. Ability and car insurance. It is also understood that Mani Toba will attempt to establish reciprocal automobile insurance agreements with state govern ments in the United states. Under the present system a num Ber of american motorists each summer have their cars impounded when they can t show twice in 2 weeks labor Board upheld again proof of insurance after being involved in accidents in Manitoba. Even though these visitors May not be at fault their cars Are taken away from them because they can t produce proof of Auto liability insurance. Harming tourism the resulting bad feeling has harmed Manitoba s officials feel. Consequently the provincial government plans to abandon the practice of impound ing tourists cars probably through the use of reciprocal agreements with american states. The Manitoba government has already introduced legislation which will make Manitoba s Pink Auto insurance cards acceptable in every Canadian province. Under the new system Manitoba Drivers will immediately be Able to show they have insurance when they produce their Pink cards at the scene of an out of the province Accident. For the second time in to weeks a court of Queen s Benc judge has ruled in effect the the Manitoba labor Board is competent to interpret the province labor Laws and that Companie or unions which disagree Wil soard decisions should t look the courts to solve their pro lems. Friday or. Justice r. G. B Dickson dismissed an Applina lion by . Associates limed which operates the Froste food Centre 640 Broadway of the setting aside of a labor boar certification covering seven meal cutters at the Plant. The Board had certified the amalgamated meat cutters an butchers workmen of North am Erica local 415, As bargaining agent for the meat cutters in nov Ember after an october hearing in mid december or. Justic Rhodes Smith of court o Queen s Bench had ordered on application by . Associates that the labor aboard pass Over All the hearing s documents Anc be prepared to give an account of its decision. From the Bench when the matter came before in Justice Dickson Friday he gave his decision immediately from the Bench instead of reserving it As is often done in a Case of this kind. He disagreed with Henry Monk representing . Associates who argued that the labor Board did not constitutionally have the Power to decide in Law whether the seven workers were or were not Union members. Having decided that the Board had the Power to decide the ques Tion or. Justice said he was not going to consider whether the Board had in fact made a right decision on the certification. Two weeks ago chief Justice g. E. Tritschler ruled the labor Board had authority to decide on a dispute Between the Winnipeg housing project Man made lakes in proposed plan by Carrier 3sc per week Winnipeg tuesday March 3, 1964 metro men Back l-for-3 parking Rule downtown planning committee endorses formula for apartments but still consulting metro s planning committee agreed in principle monday with a recommendation by planning director George Rich that would reduce the present 75 per cent parking requirements for downtown apartment buildings to 33% per cent. The committee however decided to hold a meeting with the City of Winnipeg before present ing the recommendation to metro Council. Committee also decided to notify applicants who now Are asking metro permission to erect apartment buildings without parking in the downtown1 area. These applicants will be Given an Opportunity to be at the next planning committee meeting in two weeks. In his report to committee single copy Price Loc car radios o o so 1 tear my of up cuff radio repairs you wait i 30 Mitun saw of Advance car radio Centre 636 Sarge end for. Sho Farook pm. 786-3347 respect will be restored builder s Exchange contractors Section and the construction la borers Union local 101, involving the Union s contract with five masonry firms. The five firms had claimed they were no longer in the contractors Section which had drawn up the agreement. Beef up at that time Justice said if you re going to have harmonious Industrial relations you should beef up the Power of the Board rather than run to. A Queen s Bench judge every time. Although or. Justice Dickson did not refer to the chief Justice s decision his own ruling was Given in broadly the same terms. 2 reports to late session the recommendations of two commissions on municipal affairs May be dealt with together at a special summer session of the legislature it was Learned tues Day the gumming commission on Tetro has already reported and he Michener Royal commission n local government Organiza Ion and finance is expected to resent a report within the next new weeks. When the gumming commis Ion was presented last week government spokesmen indicated Ley could have necessary legis action prepared in Lime for the current session but now the gov rement is seriously considering waiting for the Michener report and making All its changes in or. Rich said metro could con Sider these amendments to Down town area parking requirements. One parking space to be provided for every three dwell ing units or Bachelor units or combination thereof. Where an applicant can show that parking facilities can be provided off the building site without damaging the proposed development or the immediate area the Board of adjustment May by order provide that off Street parking facilities be provided on any lot or premises within 500 feet. The Board would have to satisfy itself that the required parking is available. Or. Rich said that this meant that an apartment Block devel oper might be Able to make use of nearby commercial parking facilities within 500 feet of his building. He Felt that the circumstances of a Block in the downtown area were not she same As those in other areas. A Survey had shown that in the area South of Broad Way downtown there were Only three cars for every 10 dwell ing units. In addition or. Rich downtown area provided parking and structures not Avail Able. Unit pal. Organization ame at the metro s planning committee gave approval in principle Mon Day to a Large housing develop ment in St. Boniface which will a series of Man made feature lakes. The development of la dub co. Ltd. Is planned immediately South of the firm s first major development Windsor bark. It will be South of the trans can Ada Highway and East of the Nia Kwa Golf club c. N. Kushner appearing As counsel for lad co Saick details were now being studied by St. Boniface City Council and town planning committee. He said that the first part of i the development must be serviced through the sanitary sewer said the provision of lakes in the development for use of residents in swimming and boating was an Experiment which might be a forerunner of Many More such developments in the metro . Burger president of lad co said it was hoped that work on the million first stage might get under Way this fall. Since the. Michener commission expected to recommend sub Antral changes one of which Ould be introduction of a pro Uncial sales tax it is unlikely at the government will be Able Deal with it at the current Sion. It must however implement commendations of. The gum Ming report before metro elections next fall. If the two reports Are to be dealt with a special summer session will be a virtual certainly say those close to the scene. Government action on metro is not expected to be influenced by the City of Winnipeg s proposal to hold a referendum to deter mine whether its citizens Are in favor of continuing with metro since the referendum would cover Only half of the metro area popu lation. City does about face on sewers Winnipeg s sewer rental rate will double this year. By a vote of 12 to 4 monday night Winnipeg City Council a proved an increase in the ral to eight cents per 100 cubic fee of water used from four cents. This was the second time the matter had come before Counci at its last meeting Council hat Defeated the increase by a 9-to. Vote. The increase is needed t help finance metro sewage disposal projects in 1954 and 1965. Monday night finance commit tee chairman Alderman Walte Crawford told Council his com Mittee had brought the Ronatte Back to Council because the cite had no alternative but to pay the higher rate. He said there was no us. Blaming metro for All the in crease in the rate and that even if metro did t exist there would still have to be an increase the old greater Winnipeg water District had already Laic out a very Large program of the Type now being undertaken by metro and when metro took it Over theyo ust continued the pro Gram and stepped it up a said Aid. Crawford. St. Vital not probing police nothing to investigate says Council matter dropped till Mink rancher inquest St. Vital City Council decided monday night it has nothing to investigate and therefore does t need to question its police department s handling of an i Vestiga Ion into the death of a St. Vital resident Early in february. After Stormy debate Council agreed not to take any action in the matter at least until after an inquest has been held into the death of Joseph Neumann of 1220 St. Mary s Road whose body was found at his Mink ranch feb. 8. The chairman of Council s police committee. Aid. J. A. Hardy who had been quoted As saying a full inquiry would be held into the police investigation of the death said monday night that there is nothing to invest Coroner s inquest Aid. Hardy said the whole affair would come to Light at the Coroner s inquest into or. Neu Mann s death. At that Titi our police department will by restored to the respect they he said. An inquest into or. Neumann s death will be held at . Thursday in the St. Vital civic offices. A report into the police depart ment s handling of the Case had been suggested in some quarters after the attorney general s department secured a court order for the release of Otto Boldt 24, who had been detained in head Ingley jail for 15 Days on a Cor Oner s warrant As a material wit Ness in the Case. St. Vital police did not divulge news of or. Neu Mann s death until after or. Bold had been detained. Evidence lacking in securing the Man s release attorney general Stewart Mclean said there was not enough evidence to bring charges against him. Only one Alderman Florence Pierce thought that police chief Edmund Stanley should make an explanation of the department s actions in the matter to Council. That our police chief who is an agent of the municipality should not have to make a report sergeant Ray Edmand of Winnipeg explains the mysteries of the saxophone to six year old Candy who is a patient at Winnipeg shrines Hospital for crippled children. Sgt. Edmand and fellow Bondsmen of the Craf training command band recently gave a concert for the children and staff at the Hospital. Want Parks body dissolved Long debated question of a j the Winnipeg Parks Board s lift station in Windsor Park and future will go before the City s asked How much area could be ratepayers at the october Muni Call Vole on Board s Fate taken into the first stage. N. S. Bubbis metro s water works and waste disposal director recommended to committee that the developers be allowed to service 750 dwelling units through Windsor Park until 1968. There would then be no further development he said until such time As sanitary sewage could be directed from the remainder of the development into an interceptor sewer on the South Side of the property on St. Vital Road. Planning director George Rich suggested lad co should Grant rights of Way for metro trunk sewer and water services. D. S. Ellis manager of lad co assured the committee that the rights of Way would be granted. I Cipal elections. Winnipeg City Council monday night approved Alderman Leon Ard a Claydon s motion seconded by Aid. Walter Crawford ask ing that ratepayers be asked to approve dissolving the Winnipeg Board of Parks and recreation and replacing it with a commit tee of City Council. At the Board is composed of five aldermen four citizen members and the mayor. No need an attempt to get the Provin Cial government to allow to dissolve the Parks Board without payers year. Reference to the rate was unsuccessful last monday night Aid. Claydon told Council that for the few mat ters now handled by the Parks Board there was no need to have a separate Board its work could easily be handled by a special committee of Council. The1 Powers and responsibilities of the Parks Board were greatly reduced last year with the Transfer of the Board s accounting personnel store keep ing workshop and purchasing departments to the City Aid. Crawford s Aid there is great disorganization tin the free press meetings meetings to be held at 8 . Wednesday in the. Free press building include Board room no. 2, fort Garry Ken Nel club clubroom British wives association. Parks Board. There is a very bad administration in charge. This is one of the worst situations i be Ever looked said Aid. Crawford. He said the Only Way to Correct the situation was to bring the Board under the direct control of City Council by turning it into a special committee. Fine service the Parks Board chairman Aid. William Mcgarva objected to the proposed dissolution. He said the Board s citizen members had Given Fine Aid. Joseph Zuken said City Council already1 had adequate control of the Parks Board and that there was no need to Purit under the control of a special committee. To deny citizen representation is a slap Jin face to citizen Aid. I u full consultation pledge on Centennial projects provincial. Secretary Maitland b. Steinkopf told the Manitoba legislature monday afternoon tha full consultation will be car ried out interested groups and the Manitoba Centen Nial corporation in the planning of a Manitoba arts Centre. Or. Steinkopf made the state ment in the legislature moments before an opposition motion was introduced calling for the Cen sure of the government. One of the grounds for censure1 was thai information arts Centre a appeared in the press before in was disclosed in the legislature the motion was Defeated 34 to 19 the prot Vinciale Secretary also said in his Progress report1 hat the Manitoba Centennia corporation has appointed wan and Macdonald As architects to Lan a proposed Centennial pro eel for Brandon. Architects the firm of Blankstein Coop ill or and Hanna has been appointed architect for the International peace Garden pro act he said. Now that these preliminary tips have been gov rement now wishes the widest mss Ible consultation with the Sev ral bodies who Haye for Many e a r s rendered distinguished Public service Field of or. Steinkopf said. A building committee. Proposed made Isaac chairman or Frank Mathewson George Aitken sol and or. Justice a. M. Monnin to have Over All responsibility for the Green Blankstein Russell and associates who Drew the plans or Winnipeg s1 new civic Centre and Ottawa s National gallery ave been architects for be Winnipeg arts or. Weinkopf said. According to the provincial a design Contra Pittee ill be composed of John Hirsch of the Manitoba. Theatre Centre Victor Feldbrill conductor of the Winnipeg symphony orchestra or. Ferdinand Eckhardt director of the Winnipeg Art gallery Leonard Stone and a. K. the committee mrs Steinkopf said will advise the building committee on the functional plan Ning. Gordon c. Smith will be Centennial voice for clubs St. Vital City Council decided monday night to enlarge Iff Cen Tennial celebrations committee to include representatives of St. Vital service clubs. The committee already includes aldermen and school trustees. In proposing the enlarged com Mittee Alderman j. A. Hardy said the City s decision two weeks ago not to contribute to he construction of an arts Centre n Winnipeg had been criticized As Parish pump politics. However it s surprising How Many others Are in the same thanks to he Effort of our mayor the province is going to take a at the situation and come up with a different formula o that member municipalities erect their own projects financed in Federal Mulvey fair the Mulvey Home and school association will hold an open Muse and science Jair in Mulvey fool thursday from to named chairman of the commit tee responsible for construction supervision. Land purchased or. Steinkopf confirmed that it Cost the provincial government an estimated to Purchase the land on the East Side of main Street across from the new civic Centre on which it is proposed to build the arts Centre. The provincial Secretary added that initial discussions had taken place Between the government and area municipalities. He said that while decisions have not been reached As yet with respect to local municipal participation i believe the mat ter is receiving serious consideration by All or. Steinkopf said he hoped that work on the project can be seeded up with the co operation of other interested groups who will offer their suggestions. The arts Centre will be one of the major Centennial projects to be undertaken by the provincial government. Fed eral government has already offered million towards the Cost of the project. To Council is a shocking Situa she said. A great Deal of doubt has been cast upon the capabilities of this Aid. Hardy said the doubts had been cast by newspaper facts not True Steps Down stepping Down from his chair so that he could speak mayor Harry Collins told Aid Pierce that asking chief Stanley for a report on the matter would be going Over the head of the at Torney general. The attorney general is Happy with the said the mayor and if he is then so am he charged that Aid. Pierce had an axe to and that she and a gang of you have been trying to get at him chief Stanley since he came. Why do you want to put him on the stand before the said the mayor. Do you think he is afraid to appear before you has he done anything does t know i Don t replied Aid. Pierce. That s Why i want him to the matter came before coun cil when Aid. H. H. Button inquired about Council s involve ment in the affair. He was concerned particularly As to whether the City might be sued Fri Falsis arrest. Mayor Collins assured him that the City was not liable sind added if the attorney does t come up with any com plaints it s not for us to stir things Aid. Hardy had the sisal word on the matter i sincerely Hope after the Lic reports straighten the whole thing i weather clouding Over this evening Clearing wednes Day morning but clouding Over again wednesday evening. A few Light Snow flurries late tonight. A Little colder. Winds Light this evening Northeast 15 on wednesday becoming Southeast t5 wednesday afternoon. Low tonight Zero High wed cuday 15. Temperatures for 24-hour period . Tuesday Vancouver Calgary 34 Edmonton 22 13 18 12, Brandon. 13 -6 the 39 3 Winnipeg 37 -3 fort William 45 6 Kenora 39 -10 i Max. Mih. Fri. 46 34 to. 7 to. .0 to. To. To. To. Max. Min. Pro. Ottawa 43 36 Toronto 46 36 to. Montreal 44 31 Halifax 45 27 Chicago. 52 46 to Miami 79 72 los Angelet i 59 46 .06 Minneapolis 51 new York 40 to ;